Commuter chaos as trains CANCELLED after major signalling fault brings network to a standstill | 807EW12 | 2024-02-27 06:08:01
The transport corporations say a signalling situation has seen practice routes canned, as they urged Brits
DOZENS of trains have been cancelled this morning sparking commuter chaos as two main rail companies warn of major delays.
The transport corporations say a signalling situation has seen practice routes canned, as they urged Brits not to travel.
Southern and Thameslink, who function providers from the south east into London, took to social media to share the expected chaos.
Southern wrote: "Because of a serious signalling fault throughout the whole Southern Community, no trains shall be operating until additional discover.
"DO NOT travel on any Southern route until additional discover."
Southern stated providers between Littlehampton and London Victoria won't run, in addition to providers between Redhill and Tonbridge won't run, and providers between Eastbourne and London Victoria will call additionally at Three Bridges.
The identical message was posted by Thameslink.
It added: "We're at present monitoring the state of affairs and can provide updates as soon as attainable.
"In case you are at present travelling, please take heed to on-board or station announcements.
"In case you are not but travelling, please don't try and journey until additional notice."
Thameslink stated that providers between Cambridge and Brighton won't run and providers between Bedford and Gatwick Airport by way of Redhill won't run.
It added that folks can take a look at a live map to see if their link is affected.
It added individuals should permit an extra 30 minutes to their journey if their route has been hit by the chaos.
A GTR spokesperson stated: "At around 3am this morning, there was a UK Energy Community outage affecting all monitor circuits and signalling south of East Croydon by means of to Lancing.
"Power returned very quickly but a number of the signalling methods required guide resets. This had triggered a lot of the signalling system to fail and meant trains would not be capable of run.
"The fault has principally been rectified and providers at the moment are capable of run on most routes however some issues are still affecting providers as the signalling challenge also prevented some of our early morning providers to be unable to go away the depots where they are stored overnight.
"We apologise for any disruption brought on to your journey."
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